Both Uses of
dissipate
in
Hard Times
- He is a dissipated, extravagant idler.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- Bounderby,' he resumed, in a lighter manner, and yet with a show of effort in assuming it, which was even more expressive than the manner he dismissed; 'it is no irrevocable offence in a young fellow of your brother's years, if he is heedless, inconsiderate, and expensive — a little dissipated, in the common phrase.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(dissipate) to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste